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  • @Angie said:
    Korg iWavestation has a random patch generator, good for very musical “bag of spanners thrown down a flight of stairs” patches.

    I love using iWavestation to randomize some drum patterns and export them as loops to use elsewhere. I wish they’d make this one AU so bad.

  • @cramdog said:
    If you load a synthesizer app into Drambo and use Drambo's randomize feature, you may be able to automatically generate presets for the synthesizer app with a simple tap. (This was already mentioned by Philippe on page 1 of this thread.)

    The purpose of this post is to tell Drambo users who don't know how to do this. I don't read the main thread of any host app very often. So I wrote this post for users like me who rely on presets and prefer the randomize feature.

    This is a really good tip! Already had some very good results with Zeeon, thank you! 😎

  • edited June 2023

    I posted on page 2 of this thread about synths that can and cannot use Drambo's randomize feature.
    However, I wrote wrong information about that part. I have corrected that part.
    My apologies.

    @Jer4
    If you are not already aware of my misinformation, please be careful.

    (EDITED)
    Many edits made the text structure into spaghetti code, so the original post was rewritten and newly posted below.

  • edited June 2023

    If you load a synthesizer app into Drambo and use Drambo's randomize feature, you can generate a preset for the synth app.

    There are two routes to use Randomize feature by Drambo, A and B.
    I recommend route A.
    Simply put, route A requires fewer taps than route B.

    *
    How to do randomization

    route A (I recommend this approach.)
    Load a standalone Drambo.
    Tap the hamburger icon.
    Tap NEW, then tap 8 tracks (Rack instruments).
    Then, a blue module(?) named "1" appears.

    Tap ➕, then tap Audio Unit instrument under Device under Generator.
    Select a synth app of your choice.
    Tap the synth icon displayed on the loaded module.
    Tap the MAP button and put a check mark on the parameter you want.
    Then the knobs corresponding to that parameters will appear on the module.
    (The knob may not appear. In such cases, use the method described in (c) below.)

    *Since randomized parameters probably cannot be restored to their original(?) values with Undo feature, so it is better to save your file and then use Randomize feature.

    (a)
    Tap the blue background "1" area of this module to use Randomize feature. (The knobs of other modules on the same track will also be randomized.)
    or,

    (b)
    Tap on the main clip (or main track?), then 8 colored modules(?) will appear.
    Randomize feature can be used in this colorful screen as well.

    (c)
    After tapping MAP, a knob appears on the module when you operate the synth app knob.

    *
    route B
    (The example is Zeeon synth app.)
    I would not recommend this approach as a way to use Randomize feature for synth apps.
    Because route A can keep Drambo’s menu containing Randomize feature visible when Zeeon’s preset list is tapped, but route B forces Drambo's menu to close.
    So the menu must be opened again to continue randomizing. This means more taps are required.
    Therefore, this route B is very cumbersome when randomizing in many different settings.

    *
    Load a standalone Drambo.
    Tap the hamburger icon.
    Tap NEW, then tap Instrument.
    Tap ➕, then tap Audio Unit instrument under Device under Generator.
    Select a synth app of your choice.

    Tap the synth icon displayed on the loaded module.
    Tap the MAP button and put a check mark on the parameter you want.
    Then the knobs corresponding to that parameters will appear on the module.

    Tap the 3✖️4 grid icon on the top bar to bring up the step sequencer.
    The pattern with the track number where the synth app is loaded is on the left side of the screen. Tap it once or twice.
    Tap Randomize on the menu that appears.
    This will randomize the knobs of the module where the aforementioned synth app is loaded.

    *
    I may be using Drambo's terminology incorrectly. If so, I’m sorry.

  • @cramdog said:
    If you load a synthesizer app into Drambo and use Drambo's randomize feature, you can generate a preset for the synth app.

    There are two routes to use Randomize feature by Drambo, A and B.
    I recommend route A.
    Simply put, route A requires fewer taps than route B.

    *
    How to do randomization

    route A (I recommend this approach.)
    Load a standalone Drambo.
    Tap the hamburger icon.
    Tap NEW, then tap 8 tracks (Rack instruments).
    Then, a blue module(?) named "1" appears.

    Tap ➕, then tap Audio Unit instrument under Device under Generator.
    Select a synth app of your choice.
    Tap the synth icon displayed on the loaded module.
    Tap the MAP button and put a check mark on the parameter you want.
    Then the knobs corresponding to that parameters will appear on the module.
    (The knob may not appear. In such cases, use the method described in (c) below.)

    *Since randomized parameters probably cannot be restored to their original(?) values with Undo feature, so it is better to save your file and then use Randomize feature.

    (a)
    Tap the blue background "1" area of this module to use Randomize feature. (The knobs of other modules on the same track will also be randomized.)
    or,

    (b)
    Tap on the main clip (or main track?), then 8 colored modules(?) will appear.
    Randomize feature can be used in this colorful screen as well.

    (c)
    After tapping MAP, a knob appears on the module when you operate the synth app knob.

    *
    route B
    (The example is Zeeon synth app.)
    I would not recommend this approach as a way to use Randomize feature for synth apps.
    Because route A can keep Drambo’s menu containing Randomize feature visible when Zeeon’s preset list is tapped.
    However, route B forces Drambo's menu containing Randomize feature to close from the screen when Zeeon’s preset list is tapped.
    So the menu must be opened again to continue randomizing.
    Therefore, this Route B is very cumbersome if the randomization is to be done with many different settings.

    *
    Load a standalone Drambo.
    Tap the hamburger icon.
    Tap NEW, then tap Instrument.
    Tap ➕, then tap Audio Unit instrument under Device under Generator.
    Select a synth app of your choice.

    Tap the synth icon displayed on the loaded module.
    Tap the MAP button and put a check mark on the parameter you want.
    Then the knobs corresponding to that parameters will appear on the module.

    Tap the 3✖️4 grid icon on the top bar to bring up the step sequencer.
    The pattern with the track number where the synth app is loaded is on the left side of the screen. Tap it once or twice.
    Tap Randomize on the menu that appears.
    This will randomize the knobs of the loaded module of the aforementioned synth app.

    *
    I may be using Drambo's terminology incorrectly. If so, I’m sorry.

    Nice, thx sir!

  • If you get Synthmaster 2 you probably don’t need a randomizer when SM2 have more than 5000 presets…

  • @ErrkaPetti said:
    If you get Synthmaster 2 you probably don’t need a randomizer when SM2 have more than 5000 presets…

    Randomization of parameters and finished presets are two different things for me. Scrambling synth parameters just gives you a really interesting canvas to start to do sound design from and then go on and create a sound you want to use (and the corresponding preset). Often it is a starting point that I would not normally have arrived at myself because, well, it’s a bit too random, if you see what I mean 😃

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